X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 923BCD8655 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 21:01:50 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 99131-01 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 00:01:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F249FD85CA for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 21:01:46 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j8C01nkM010807; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 20:01:50 -0400 (EDT) To: The One Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Panic: Page Add Item: Corrupted page pointers In-reply-to: <20050911170927.21040.qmail@web33912.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20050911170927.21040.qmail@web33912.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Comments: In-reply-to The One message dated "Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:09:27 -0700" Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 20:01:49 -0400 Message-ID: <10806.1126483309@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.006 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.006] X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200509/124 X-Sequence-Number: 22671 The One writes: > I'm getting this error when try to create a table in Postgresql 7.3, windows2000: > Panic: Page Add Item: Corrupted page pointers: lower=24258, upper=39318, special=65421 Apparently you've got at least one corrupt page in at least one system table. I'd recommend pg_dump'ing as much as you can and then recreate the database. If pg_dump doesn't work you could try turning on zero_damaged_pages, and praying that most of what you need is on undamaged pages. It's quite possible though that that will hose the DB completely, so don't do it till you've exhausted the possibilities for pg_dump without it. Consider updating to a more recent PG release while you are recovering... regards, tom lane